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Cheap Talk Revisited: New Evidence from CVM
Aadland, David; Caplan, Arthur J. - EconWPA - 2003
contrasting revealed and stated preference information. However, a short, neutral cheap-talk script appears to exacerbate rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407824
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Semiparametric Estimation of Willingness to Pay Distributions
An, Mark Yuying - EconWPA - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407977
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A Mixture Model of Willingness to Pay Distributions
An, Mark Yuying; Ayala, Roberto - EconWPA - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119123
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A Model of Expertise
Krishna, Vijay; Morgan, John - EconWPA - 1999
degrees. When the decision maker consults only a single expert, the expert withholds substantial information from the decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005550962
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ISH: Hacia una Medida de la Satisfacción de los Hogares desde el Punto de Vista de la Oferta de Trabajo.
Marcelo, Darwin; Villa, Juan Miguel - EconWPA - 2004
El estudio de las preferencias es uno de los temas menos tratados por la econometría aplicada. En el presente artículo se pretende realizar una aproximación translogarítimica de las preferencias por medio de la construcción de un Índice de Satisfacción de los Hogares (ISH) con base al...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076523
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Customer-Specific Taste Parameters and Mixed Logit: Households' Choice of Electricity Supplier
Revelt, David; Train, Kenneth - EconWPA - 2001
In a discrete choice situation, information about the tastes of each sampled customer is inferred from estimates of the … energy suppliers in conjoint-type experiments. The estimated distribution of tastes provides practical information that is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119215
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A Residential Energy Demand System for Spain
Labandeira, Xavier; Labeaga, José M.; Rodríguez, Miguel - EconWPA - 2005
Sharp price fluctuations and increasing environmental and distributional concerns, among other issues, have led to a renewed academic interest in energy demand. In this paper we estimate, for the first time in Spain, an energy demand system with household microdata. In doing so, we tackle...
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Seeking information: the role of information providers in the policy decision process.
Swank Otto H. - EconWPA - 2000
information to policy makers often have a vested interest in the outcomes. This gives them an incentive to distort information to … manipulate policy decisions. In this article we argue that reputation or penalties for lying do not always induce information … information about policy consequences. This has the advantage that policy makers can affect the preferences of the information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125873
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The Effects of Consumer Protection on Sales Signs, Consumer Search and Competition
Wilson, Chris M. - EconWPA - 2005
improves consumer information and increases the intensity of price competition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412887
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Eliciting Demand Information through Cheap Talk: An Argument in Favor of Price Regulations
Frisell, Lars; Lagerlof, Johan N.M. - EconWPA - 2005
A firm must decide whether to launch a new product. A launch implies considerable fixed costs, so the firm would like to assess downstream demand before it decides. We study under which conditions a potential buyer would be willing to reveal his willingness to pay under different pricing...
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